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Warum über Wissenschaft reden? Diese Frage stellt Dr. Jan-Martin Wiarda, Journalist, Autor und Wissenschaftsblogger in seinem Vortrag am Donnerstag, 22. September 2022, im Audimax an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Er hält den Austausch von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft für unverzichtbar – für beide Seiten. Darüber diskutiert er an dem Abend mit der Vorläufigen Leiterin der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes, und Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christopher Buschow aus der Fakultät Medien.

»Erinnern gestalten. Orte der NS-Medizinverbrechen« Conference brings together researchers from various fields at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to approach topics of Nazi medical crimes, Nazi-era healthcare polices, and the built environment under National Socialist rule. Participants will be asked how this knowledge can be made accessible while also looking at contemporary forms of commemoration and remembrance. The conference is a joint event between the »Geschichte der Bauhausstraße 11« research project at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the »Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen«.

What are the best ways to heat, cool and ventilate buildings in the future This is the question that nearly 150 experts from science and the industry will be addressing at the 9th BauSIM Conference, which will be hosted for the first time by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 20 to 22 September 2022.

Welche Programmiertechniken und Programmiersprachen gibt es? Und wie können sie dabei helfen, komplexe mathematische Probleme zu lösen? Diesen und weitere Fragen beantwortet Dr. Andreas Jakoby, Leiter des Bereichs »Algorithm Engineering« an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, in seinem Informatikkurs gemeinsam mit Schüler*innen der gymnasialen Oberstufe. In diesem Schuljahr widmet er sich dem Themenschwerpunkt »Visuelle Kryptographie«. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen, an dem Kurs teilzunehmen.

Unter dem Arbeitstitel »Irgendwas mit Medien« ist am 25. August 2022 die erste Klappe für ein Serienprojekt des MDR und der UFA Serial Drama gefallen. In dem humoristischen Format »Mockumentary« werden die Irrungen und Wirrungen eines Erstsemesterstudierenden der Medienkunst erzählt: die erste Uni-Party, die ersten Studienkurse oder Fragen der Eltern wie »Und was macht man damit eigentlich?« Im Mittelpunkt stehen aber auch Themen wie Freundschaft, Sinnsuche und das Erwachsenwerden an sich.

The »Allianz Thüringer Ingenieurwissenschaften« Master Science Camp ‘22 will take place at the Hochschule Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in a cooperation with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 29 August to 2 September. For one week, 35 Master’s students from the seven »Allianz THÜR ING« member universities will work together in interdisciplinary teams on sustainability-related engineering topics.

The Building Physics Department has determined that unheated living spaces cool down to 7 or 8°C during an average German winter. Although a gas shortage in Germany is extremely unlikely to occur, proper heating and ventilation in the winter help to save energy and ensure a comfortable indoor climate.

With a total of six works from various artistic degree programmes at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, students and teaching staff will be presenting themselves at the renowned »Ars Electronica« media art festival in Linz from 7 to 11 September 2022. The installations, concerts and experiments were created in the »Media Art and Design« and »Media Architecture« degree programmes.

Interesse am Ingenieurstudium? Vom 29. August bis zum 7. Oktober 2022 beantworten drei Studentinnen der Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen alle Fragen rund um das Thema Studium und Bewerbung. Immer Montag bis Freitag von 10 bis 14 Uhr ist die »Studienstart Infohotline« unter der Nummer: +49(0)3643/58 45 62 oder per E-Mail unter studienstart@bauing.uni-weimar.de zu erreichen.

From 29 August to 8 September 2022, the Faculty of Media Studies and the University Library will be involved in the screening of a selection of silent films according to the motto of »Branntwein, Tabak, Kino!« [»Brandy, tobacco, cinema!«] during the 2022 Kunstfest Weimar arts festival. A total of 14 different films will be shown at the Lichthaus Kino and the Redoute of the Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar on ten evenings, which will also provide insights into the artistic ambitions, economic opportunities and state regulations that prevailed in 1922. The films were originally shown in Weimar’s two cinemas, »Scherffs Lichtspielhaus« (Marktstraße 20) und »Reform-Licht-Spiele« belonging to the court photographer Louis Held (Marienstraße 1), exactly 100 years ago.

Unter dem Motto »keep on movING« laden die Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen und die Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie Weimar e.V. (WBA) am 2. September 2022 zum Studieninformationstag ein. Präsentiert werden die berufsbegleitenden Masterstudiengänge im Bereich Architektur und Bauwesen. Von 13 bis 17.30 Uhr können sich Studieninteressierte vor Ort umschauen und mit den Lehrenden ins Gespräch kommen.

From 20 August to 3 September 2022, 120 participants from almost 50 countries will once again come together on the campus of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar after a lengthy hiatus for the Bauhaus Summer School.

Martin Siegler, who is a research associate within the Professorship for Media Philosophy at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, has been awarded second prize in the humanities and cultural studies section of the 2022 German Study Prize for his dissertation on the subject of media articulations of human existence in emergency and catastrophe situations. Conferred by the Körber Foundation, this award honours outstanding work of particular social significance.

From this autumn, Prof. Dr. Andrea Dreyer (Professor of Art Education, Faculty of Art and Design) and Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich (Professor of Virtual Reality Systems, Faculty of Media) will receive funding from the »Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre« joint fellowship programme of the donors’ association (Stifterverband) of the German initiative to promote education, science and innovation (Deutsche Wissenschaft e. V.) and the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society. The state of Thuringia is supporting teaching concepts with up to €50,000 to encourage innovations in digital university teaching.

The Webis group involving Prof. Dr. Benno Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), Prof. Dr. Martin Potthast (Leipzig University) and Prof. Matthias Hagen (University of Halle) will cooperate with eleven other leading European research centres to develop an open web search infrastructure for Europe as part of the »OpenWebSearch.EU« project. The project aims to contribute to Europe’s digital sovereignty and to foster an open, human-centred search engine market. It is being funded with €8.5 million through »Horizon Europe«, which is the European Commission’s key funding programme for research and innovation.

In its meeting on 6 July 2022, the University Senate unanimously voted in Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Osburg as the new Vice President for Research, Arts and Young Academics. The professor for construction chemistry and polymeric building materials was nominated by the Interim President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and appointed for three years beginning immediately after the vote, in accordance with the University Charter. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Osburg’s term in office thus began on 6 July and she will be available at least until the future university president takes office.

In the winter semester 2021/22, students from the Faculty of Art & Design embarked on an in-depth exploration of complaints and the processes these trigger that are often contrary to the intention of the actual complaint within the module entitled »Complaint!ivism?«. The outcome is almost 200 individual entries that address this highly topical social issue from an art-theoretical and artistic perspective in a wide variety of formats.

On Friday 15 July 2022, Hannes Dünnebier was honoured with the Lyonel Art Prize during the »summaery2022« annual show at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The award for outstanding young artists is endowed with €2,000 and has been conferred to artistic dissertations from the Faculty of Art and Design since 2019 by the Lyonel e. V. association for the promotion of art, design and culture.

On Monday 18 July, the Thuringian minister will stop off in Weimar as part of her summer tour. The extent to which waste water should be analysed all across Germany to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and other pathogens will be discussed during an exchange with Professor Silvio Beier and other partners from the pilot project »SARS-CoV-2 waste water monitoring in Thuringia« (CoMoTH).

On Friday, 15 July, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is hosting two key events as part of its summaery2022 annual show. At 12:30–6 pm, visitors are invited to explore fascinating experiments, go on lab tours and view computer simulations along the 300-metre SCIENCE MILE Q3 on Coudraystraße: Are houses made of straw sustainable? And what exactly does plaster have to do with the coal phase-out? And how does a virtual mechanics lab work? Afterwards, the OPEN LAB NIGHT 2022 will begin in Schwanseestraße with virtual reality, game design and 3D engineering. Until 10 pm, visitors can tour the computer science labs and speak with the scientists and students while they enjoy cold beverages, barbecued food and DJ music.